Lenny Kravitz is now out of an acting gig. Originally announced to be portraying Marvin Gaye in an upcoming biopic, the rock star has been replaced with accomplished actor Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order).
Deadline reports that Martin will be playing the late Gaye in the forthcoming Julien Temple produced film called S-xual Healing. When Kravitz was announced as the long in the works project’s lead, it was titled Midnight Love. The... Read More

Marvin Gaye III is asking his childhood pal Kravitz to step away from the project he calls “shameful,” TMZ reports. “The producers and directors of this film are very wrong and shameful,” he tells TMZ. “[They’re] trying to do a film about a low period in his life. They don’t even know the whole story.”
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Don Cornelius, creator and host of the legendary “Soul Train” series was found dead in his Sherman Oaks, CA home on Wednesday morning in an apparent suicide.
“Soul Train,” which Cornelius hosted until 1993, changed the landscape of television on its debut in 1971, and ran until 2006 with massive influence and success around the globe, helping to launch names as illustrious as James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Marvin... Read More

Word spread around Twitter late Tuesday night (March 15) that Long Beach, Calif. music legend Nate Dogg has passed away.
The rapper (real name: Nathaniel D. Hale) was just 41 years old.
At press time, details regarding his death were unknown. However, longtime collaborator and Dogg Pound member, Daz Dillinger, confirmed the news.
Long Beach’s Press-Telegram also confirmed the news from Nate family.
“R.I.P. TO MY HOMEBOY NATE DOGG DPGC... Read More